If your website is not secure (using http instead of https) unless you act fairly quickly, there is trouble ahead! From October if your site has an input form Google will mark it as ‘not secure’, possibly in red on the browser bar. This may well be a deterrent for potential clients and damage your …

The lastest study from Iprospect shows that Adwords are becoming more expensive. Cost Per Click (CPC) has risen significantly in the past 3 months. Does this mean that some advertisers will be forced out? Well probably. Not only is the CPC rising but the Click Through Rate (CTR) is falling. The biggest fall in CTR …

The Divi WordPress theme is huge. Half a million websites use this theme and rising! I have had an account with Elegant Themes since 2011, and most of their offerings are somewhat dated or very pedestrian/uninspiring, but the Divi theme has transformed Elegant’s fortunes. Why is it so popular? To quote Elegant Themes, “Divi’s new …

There is a story on malawaivoice.com that the founder and leader of Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) ministries Prophet Shepherd ‘Major 1’ Bushiri has launched the “blood of Jesus”. According to reports, the blood is being sold in 500ml and 750ml plastic bottles. One congregant who confessed to be a loyal member of ECG ministries revealed …

Keep this in mind the next time you are about to repeat a rumour or spread gossip. In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day an acquaintance ran up to him excitedly and said, “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Diogenes?” “Wait a moment,” …

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How to win a duel with sausages Sometimes seemingly “unwinnable” situations can be transmuted into victory by a simple shift in perspective. German pathologist and liberal politician Rudolf Virchow was the leader of the radicals in the Prussian parliament and a vocal critic of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Growing tired of Virchow’s verbal attacks, …

Your most valuable assets are time, energy, and money but the most valuable is time, of course. Why? Because once gone, you never get it back. No tool has had more impact on my time than this one: Since using it, I feel like I have my life back. It’s free and it’s extremely easy …

Google warns permanent removal now likely for repeat offenders In a new blog post published on its Google Webmaster Central blog, the search engine announced a hard line against repeat offenders.It is targeting those sites with a manual or automated action taken against them, and suggests that repeat offenders could be barred from the search …